THE PREAMBLE
November 2009
The Uniting Church in Australia is now addressing the question of a new ‘Preamble’ to its Constitution.
This comes after discussion with the UAICC (Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress), and discussion at the 2009 Assembly in July 2009.
http://assembly.uca.org.au/images/storie…
The Preamble replaces an original paragraph with several paragraphs which give a brief account of [...]
Sermon 8th November 2009 Pentecost 23
Ruth 1: 1-18; Psalm 146;
Hebrews 9: 11-14; Mark 12:38-44
Brunswick UCA
by Wes Campbell
A quote from the Age of Thursday last (5th November):
‘Forty years after Australian women won the right to equal pay, the Rudd government will back a major test case seeking hefty pay rises for 200,000 mostly female workers [...]
A sermon preached on All Saints Day at Church of All Nations, Carlton, Sunday 1st November 2009
Wes Campbell
Isaiah 25: 6-9; Psalm 24; Revelation 21; 1-6a; John 11: 32-44
Halloween Pumpkins have been on sale in the supermarket. In our street we were encouraged to join in trick or treat.
Are you turned off by the American [...]
Psalm 98
Gospel according to Mark 9: 30-37
Meditation
Let us acknowledge with thanks that we are on land cared for by the Elders of the Wurundjeri people for many millennia, and so commit ourselves to the task of reconciliation.
Today, here and now, we are sharing in a Valedictory service. The word valedictory means a farewell [...]
THURSDAY FORUM: God after the death of God
brief but serious Christian thinking -
WHEN: Thursday lunchtime, 1.05– 2.00pm,
22nd October 2009-
WHERE: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY, Alice Hoy Building (Education), room 330 (off Monash Rd)
The sessions are short but interactive. Hosted by Wes Campbell, chaplain.
In the past century there have been numerous claims that God is dead [...]
On Saturday 8th October 2009 a rally was held in the City Square (Melbourne) to commemorate the Eighth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, with a call to withdraw Australian troops. Several speakers directed us to the anti war movement in the United States, the mismatch between the original reasons given for invading Afghanistan and [...]
QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD AND THE SECULAR WORLD
Wes Campbell
In the past few years an ‘atheist’ voice has been heard. In response theologians have written, often in defensive and hectoring manner, mimicking the voices of critics, such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens.
In this blog I intend to offer some of my own ‘take’ on the [...]
It is most important that we read Luke with an eye to his own interests. We should let him provide us with his understanding of the early years of the church.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer says:
‘When Christ calls someone, he bids them come and die.’
THURSDAY FORUMS:
brief but serious Christian thinking!
1– 2.00pm Thursday lunchtimes
Alice Hoy Building (Education) , room 330
Following on the discussion of science and Christian theology in first semester, we are broadening the discussion to take up some current cultural and historical challenges with visiting theologians. The sessions are short but interactive. Hosted by Wes Campbell, chaplain.
Due to [...]
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